Golden Text | John 10:11 (to :)
I am the good shepherd:
Responsive Reading | John 9:39 (to ;); 10:2–5 he, 7 Verily, 9, 10, 15, 16
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see;
. . . he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.
To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice; and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.
And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.
And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
. . . Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.
I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep.
And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Christian Science Quarterly™ Bible Lessons — Online Edition, Vol. 131, No. 09
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